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Crypto has a strange habit of bringing back stories the market had already written off. Zcash was supposed to be a footnote, a privacy coin left over from a previous cycle, technically solid but commercially forgotten, drifting quietly while everyone chased AI tokens and modular blockchains. Then it blew past $600, and the conversation changed […]
Tech industry layoffs are accelerating, and executives have been quick to say it’s because their companies are doing more with artificial intelligence, even when there may be more to it.
Box, a Silicon Valley software maker, expects to have more employees, not fewer, as it hires A.I. architects, A.I. solutions managers and other new A.I.-related positions.
An analysis of six years of procurement records suggests that the People’s Liberation Army has openly tried to acquire restricted U.S. technology.
People from Delaware to Montreal reported either hearing loud booms or seeing the fireball in the sky over weekend
A meteor over Massachusetts during the weekend ultimately prompted reports of booms and sightings across New England into Canada.
The American Meteor Society said that the meteor in question was about 3ft (1 meter) wide as it entered the atmosphere around the New Hampshire border...
The Wi-Fi 8 standard trades the gigabit race for reliability – and Icasa’s new spectrum rules make it matter locally.
South Africa’s banks have built thriving mobile businesses on phone numbers and network identities they don’t control.
A sharp cut to the price of diesel should help ease cost pressures across freight, technology and e-commerce.
Tracking networks weren’t built to scale cheaply. Now they can, thanks to a partnership between iONLINE and Nodle.
Vehicle tracking and telematics leader Netstar brings three decades of road intelligence to Africa’s greatest race.
Rating agency Moody’s has warned that carving transmission out of Eskom could weaken its creditworthiness.
South Africans are suddenly happy with their mobile networks. Or at least, they are happy enough not to leave. Despite rising data prices and lingering frustration with customer service, millions of people are choosing to stay with Vodacom, MTN, Telkom, and Cell C. The days of mass “number porting” — switching networks while keeping the […]
New research examines how a Chinese company struggled to develop its predictive surveillance technology while U.S. restrictions were in place.
Seasonal wardens and netted fences are helping protect the rare ground-nesting birds that arrive each spring on the UK’s shores
On Ross Sands in Northumberland, a little tern has caught sight of a group of people and is sprinting across the beach. “It wants us to follow it,” says Andrew Craggs, senior manager at Lindisfarne national nature reserve. “It’s a diversionary thing – it’s...
SprintHive tested every frontier AI model on real South African bank statements. This is what happened.
Bonnie has two days to get from south London to her grandparents’ house in Cornwall before lockdown in this super low budget British comedy
No offence to any Clives reading, but the intentionally naff title of this film does not inspire confidence – and turns out to be indicative of the cheerful ridiculousness of this super low budget British comedy. It is about a trio of twentysomethings on...
Nearly half of young South Africans are locked out of formal work. Youth unemployment is now 45.8%, and for many entering the job market is not an option. Instead, many of them build their own business, increasingly with income streams that are diversified beyond South Africa’s borders. A designer in Johannesburg could invoice clients in […]
Each of the 9 068 hijackings of trucks between January 2021 and December 2025 involved a living, breathing driver as much as the billions in cargo that were targeted. Despite massive rollouts of innovative systems and tech to track, monitor and secure assets, we haven’t really moved the needle in 5 years. South Africa’s almost […]
Scientific dating proves streaks on walls of Bacon Hole, near the Mumbles in south Wales, is Palaeolithic rock art
In 1912, the Guardian reported on the discovery of Palaeolithic rock art on the walls of Bacon Hole, a cave near the Mumbles in south Wales – only for the painted panel’s authenticity to be dismissed by 1928.
A series of horizontal bands in red pigment were subsequently deemed no...
The world’s most valuable company is chasing Intel and Apple as it tries to bring A.I. agents to laptops and desktops.
With no recorded sightings before 1885, noctilucent clouds have been linked to volcanoes, pollution or climate change
As summer arrives in the northern hemisphere, so do the noctilucent clouds – hopefully. These high-altitude formations are as enigmatic as they are beautiful. Their name derives from Latin, meaning “night shining”.
They appear during the summer months and glow with an...